Biden to meet with House GOP

A group of House Republicans are meeting with Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday morning, according to a number of senior House GOP sources.

Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.) — a member of Republican leadership — will be one attendee at the White House meeting with Biden. The meeting will be at 9:30 a.m., in the middle of the House Republican Conference’s first meeting back after a five-week recess. Jenkins has firmly said she’ll vote against military action in Syria.

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Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) tweeted he would also attend.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers and aides have come to grips with the fact that the House will be hard-pressed to pass a resolution to give President Barack Obama authority to attack Syria.

Rank-and-file Republicans in favor of military action — including Rep. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Pete King of New York — were at the White House on Monday. But this appears to be a meeting to woo GOP lawmakers.

The White House didn’t respond to a request for comment late Monday evening.